Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942) was a daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and married Harry Payne Whitney, wealthy son of a prominent New York attorney. An accomplished sculptress, she won custody of her niece Gloria Vanderbilt in a widely publicized battle after the death of her brother Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt. She was the mother of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.